Stbaw-ctjtter



T. F. WING O. 'Straw Cutter.

No. 8.058. Pate ted April 22,1851i :1 a n er. wmmmn. n. q

T. 'F. WINGO, OF MCLEMORESVILLE, TENNESSEE.

STRAW-GUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 8,058, dated April 22, 1851.

To all whomitmay concern:

Be it known that I, TAZWELL F. WiNeo, of McLemoresville, in the county of Carroll and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Straw- Cutters; and I do. hereby declare the followingto be a true and eXact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompany drawing, making part of the same.

t On any suitable platform or frame A, I

. place bolstersor bearings B, B, B, through two of which the shaft a, passes on which is placed the cutter wheel C, and a small spurwheel (not represented) which meshes into,

andis driven by the cog-wheel D, which is hung on the shaft 6, which also has its bearingsin two of the bolsters .B, B, before referred to, and sufficiently high above the shaft a, to allow the cog-wheel D, and the spur-wheel below it to mesh into each other. The cog wheel D, is driven by a crank 0, or by a belt, pulley, or any other known device, which gives motion through the spurwheel to the cutter wheel C. On the cutter wheel C, I arrange one or more sawblade shaped cutters, (one only being shown) which are secured to theperiphery of the cutter wheel C, by screws or otherwise and project over the face of the cutterwheel, and forming such an angle with it as will cause it to cut entirely through the body of the straw or other material to be out. Thestraw is fed to the cutters through the straw box F, which is made to incline toward the cutters, so thatthe straw will slide down with its own weight as each cut is made, until brought up against the gageboard w, which holds it until again out by the revolving ofthe cutter E f or, the straw may be fed in by other well known devices. This gage-board w, may be made adjustable by making it slide against the side of the straw-box and securing it by a set-screw working through aslot in the gage-board.

The cutters may be slotted so as to adjust them by means of the screws by which they are fastened to the cutter-wheel C', so as to allow for wearing by use or in grinding their edges.

The cutters are formed of straight pieces of thin steel and are drawn down to the periphery of thewheel and fastened as described before. When it becomes necessary to sharpen them, they are unscrewed, and they immediately assume their original shape, and are ground more easily than a curved blade.

The pointed or small end of the cutter enters the straw first, and as it passes through, the oblique shape of the knife cuts gradually through the entire body of the straw, giving it a drawing out, thereby much facilitating the operation.

The projection of the cutter E, over the face of the cutter wheel C, catches asit passes around the straw cut off each portion of the blade holding its quantity of straw which it has cut and carries it to a point directly opposite to where it is cut, and deposits it through the hole G, cut through the platform or frame A, entirely clear of the uncut material. j

Having thus fully described my inven tion, what I claim therein as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The manner herein described of arran ing one or more cutters on the periphery of a vertical wheel at such angle with and so extending over, the face of said wheel, as

will give a drawing cut through the straw or other material to be cut, and at the same time catch, and carry the material as it falls, to the opposite side of the wheel from where it is cut, thus removing the cut material out ofthe way of the feeding box and uncut material as fully setforth and shown. a

e T. F. WINGO. Witnesses W. H. GODDARD, A. B. SToUGHToN. 

